Writer
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Sex, Drugs and a Cup of Tea, Emma’s debut as a playwright, found development at the Playwright’s and Librettists Week at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (US), before premiering at the Wee Red Bar Edinburgh (Twelve Twelve Theatre), and opening at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018 (Pandorum Theatre). The show was then also programmed as part
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TXT ME is an award-winning verbatim gig-theatre piece researched by Emma, and co-written and performed by Emma, Lucy Harrower, and Imogen Stirling about CCTV footage captured outside a North Ayrshire Pub. Featuring music by Van Ives, the poetry of Robert Burns, Ayrshire TripAdvisor reviews, and anonymous text responses to a poster campaign, TXT ME explores
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Text Me When You Get Home is a gig-theatre rallying cry for women and femmes who feel unsafe at night. As co-writer, actor-musician, and script-lead, as part of Siren Theatre Company, Emma has been developing this with their co-writers Lucy Harrower, Lauren Mitchell and Imogen Stirling, since 2019. They have had two development periods supported
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Emma was selected as a writer on The Prescription in 2023, a group of writers working towards an anthology of medical humanities supported by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow. Emma has continued the relationship with the RCPSG to develop their magical-realist play about Mearnskirk Hospital, the NHS, and the value of public
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Bye, Sexuality is a BSL integrated verbatim theatre piece platforming bisexual voices in Scotland. Emma has been supported in an initial research and development phase as a writer, researcher and theatre-maker by Sanctuary Queer Arts in partnership with A Play, A Pie and A Pint.
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Walking on Eggshells is an autobiographical cabaret-theatre exploration of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. What does it mean to truly “move on” after the end of an abusive relationship? Blending cabaret, psychological research, stand-up, and theatre, Walking on Eggshells is a celebration of survival and a humorous insight into living and navigating relationships with
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